Food Packaging — Energy Use in Central America
Central America: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 9,085 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Central America, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food packaging — energy use in Central America is 9,085 TJ, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in Central America peaked at 11,073 TJ in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5,485 TJ, in 1990.
That places Central America 25th out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Central America, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5,485 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 5,826 TJ | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 6,138 TJ | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 7,299 TJ | +18.9% |
| 1994 | 8,148 TJ | +11.6% |
| 1995 | 6,763 TJ | -17.0% |
| 1996 | 9,651 TJ | +42.7% |
| 1997 | 9,620 TJ | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 8,019 TJ | -16.6% |
| 1999 | 8,184 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 8,441 TJ | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 8,242 TJ | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 8,200 TJ | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 8,277 TJ | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 8,130 TJ | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 8,195 TJ | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 8,299 TJ | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 11,073 TJ | +33.4% |
| 2008 | 10,115 TJ | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 8,808 TJ | -12.9% |
| 2010 | 8,552 TJ | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 8,930 TJ | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 8,998 TJ | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 9,365 TJ | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 8,749 TJ | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 8,991 TJ | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 9,634 TJ | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 9,722 TJ | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 9,313 TJ | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 9,373 TJ | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 8,792 TJ | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 9,529 TJ | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 9,085 TJ | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 9,085 TJ | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Packaging — Energy Use in Central America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +42.7% | 6,763 TJ | 9,651 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,513 TJ | 5,485 TJ | 9,651 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,778 TJ | 8,130 TJ | 11,073 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,163 TJ | 8,552 TJ | 9,722 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,123 TJ | 8,792 TJ | 9,529 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More climate change data for Central America
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.76 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 153,880 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 39,309 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 114,571 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 148.34 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4,092 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 19,754 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 18,504 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,250 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 69.83 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — energy use in Central America?
- Food packaging — energy use in Central America was 9,085 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — energy use recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 11,073 TJ in 2007.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,485 TJ in 1990.
- How does Central America rank for food packaging — energy use?
- Central America ranks 25th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Packaging — Energy Use (Electricity). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.